Chapter 198: The Death of Huang Zu and Han Xuan
The sound of killing shook the sky!
The soldiers looked at Huang Zu as the first soldiers, one by one, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and roared and killed.
Huang Zu and his guards rode war horses and rushed past dozens of camp tents in the blink of an eye.
Without thinking about it, Huang Zu almost immediately grabbed the reins of the war horse under him.
Problematic!
Absolutely problematic!
They all rushed into this position, but they still didn't see the Jiangdong patrol soldiers!
Huang Zu's face turned pale almost instantly.
As a battle-hardened general, he was all too familiar with all this.
Just like when he ambushed Sun Jian.
At the beginning, Sun Jian chased him and entered the ambush place, but he also had a bad premonition and wanted to quit.
But when you realize it, it's too late.
Because, the army behind him has become a talisman at this time!
Huang Zu turned his head and looked at the more than 10,000 Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition troops behind him who followed him at this time, with a face of remorse and self-blame.
I can't bring them back on my own.
Countless families, parents, wives and children will be jealous of their incompetent generals forever, right?
At this moment, behind the tents on both sides, in the darkness, countless black shadows attacked Huang Zu and his personal guards, as well as the Jiangxia and Jiangling soldiers at the front.
One of the guards raised his head, his eyes slightly shrunken.
It's a rain of arrows!
A rain of arrows that cover the sky like locusts!
Behind the tents on both sides, in the darkness, thousands of archers lurked in ambush!
The camp of the Koto army was dark everywhere and there was no fire, not because they were careless, but because they wanted to ambush the archers to prevent enemy attacks.
The closer they got to Xiangyang, the more cautious Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi became.
Before they set up camp, they all sent infantry.
As they approached Xiangyang, they were replaced by archers, the head soldiers who specialized in defending against enemy attacks.
Shooting the head soldier of the enemy attack will make the attack of the army stop instantly, which will cause the follow-up stampede of the enemy army, affect the continuation of the enemy's attack and rapid attack, so as to buy time for your own soldiers to quickly counterattack.
However, even Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi didn't expect that the head of this enemy attack turned out to be Huang Zu and his personal guards!
Under a rain of arrows that had already been ambushed, Huang Zu and his personal guards were all shot and killed on the spot!
The sudden change made the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces stunned for an instant.
The coalition forces that continued to rush to the depths of the Jiangdong military camp hurriedly stopped.
The next moment, one by one, they frantically fled behind them.
"Mrs. Huang is dead!"
"Huang Taishou was shot!"
"The enemy has an ambush!"
The frenzied flight of the soldiers at the front of the coalition forces caused the coalition forces that rushed in the rear to be unable to rush forward and retreat!
The soldiers in the rear of the coalition forces are still rushing forward.
They had no idea what was going on in front of them.
The combined forces of Jiangxia and Gangneung were in chaos at the entrance of the Jiangdong army camp.
In the camp of the Jiangdong army, the soldiers who heard the sound of fighting woke up from their sleep one after another.
During the march, they all slept in their clothes.
As soon as they awoke, they rushed out of the tent as fast as they could.
The enemy didn't even come up.
Cheng Pu was in charge of directing the night patrol tonight.
Hearing the movement, he rushed out of the camp tent without saying a word, and asked the commanding soldiers to give the order to beat the war drums, and to train to deal with enemy attacks on weekdays.
Seeing the Jiangxia and Gangneung coalition forces at the entrance of the camp, the Jiangdong army, which had woken up, immediately launched a fierce attack.
Han Xuan was still in the middle of the coalition army at this time.
He had never liked to charge into battle.
Knowing that the Jiangdong army had been killed, he understood what had happened!
He hurriedly ordered the commanders to issue orders to stabilize the coalition forces.
However, Huang Zu, one of the former commanders, was shot dead on the spot, and then the Jiangdong army had woken up and was constantly attacking from all directions, and the soldiers of the coalition army had already become a mess, how could anyone listen to him?
Even though he killed more than a dozen coalition soldiers who fled from his side in a hurry, he couldn't stop the chaos.
On the contrary, the chaotic coalition forces fled backwards at an accelerated pace.
Seeing that Han Xuan's personal guards were obviously unable to curb the trend of the coalition army fleeing, they hurriedly surrounded Han Xuan and rushed towards Xiangyang City.
They don't even ride their horses anymore!
People are crowded.
War horses can't run wild at all.
Han Xuan, escorted by the pro-guards, retreated wildly while turning back from time to time.
Looking into the distance, the Jiangdong army had already slaughtered out of the camp, and the soldiers of the coalition army threw down their weapons one after another, and Han Xuan's heart was dripping blood.
Finished!
It's completely over!
I am too guarded in Gangneung, and I have done it!
The coalition forces retreated for nearly ten miles all the way, and the original chaotic situation disappeared.
However, they still did not dare to stop.
The sound of the Jiangdong army still fighting was heard in the rear.
After running five miles again, the coalition soldiers stopped.
At this time, there were only a thousand coalition soldiers behind him.
Many people ran for fifteen miles in a row, and there was no reaction just now, when one by one, their legs and feet were weak, and they fell to the ground trembling.
Han Xuan wasn't much better.
However, he still breathed a sigh of relief.
He was counting the number of soldiers who had escaped.
However, before he could finish his calculations, countless torches suddenly lit up in the dark night ahead.
It's an army!
Countless armies!
At a glance, tens of thousands!
Led by hundreds of people, all wearing armor and riding war horses.
It's Tai Shici and Xu Shu, as well as the pro-guards.
Tai Shi Ci rode on the war horse, holding two halberds in both hands, looked at Han Xuan with a smile and said, "The person who came is Jiangling Taishou Han Xuan?" Yuzhang Duwei is too Shici, I have been waiting here for a long time! ”
After saying that, he galloped single-handedly.
Han Xuan and the coalition soldiers around him had only experienced life and death, and they were exhausted one by one.
Now suddenly encountered another blockade, one by one desperate and sluggish.
Tai Shi Ci killed in front of Han Xuan!
Han Xuan watched Tai Shi Ci raise his double halberd, and shouted in horror: "General, spare your life, I will—"
Before he finished speaking, Tai Shi Ci stabbed his door with a short halberd, and directly picked his corpse out a few meters away!
Han Xuan's body slammed into the ground, splashing dust all over the ground.
Tai Shi Ci reined in his war horse, looked down at all the coalition forces, and said coldly: "All disarm and surrender!" Anyone who disobeys will be killed! ”
The remaining coalition soldiers threw away their weapons and fell to the ground.
Tai Shi Ci asked the soldiers to surrender all the weapons of the coalition army.
At this time, Cheng Pu also led the Jiangdong army to catch up.
Cheng Pu also saw the sudden firelight in the distance.
However, he wasn't sure who it was, and was worried that it might be Liu Pan's army, so he slowed down and gathered thousands of men before chasing after him.
Seeing that it was Tai Shici, Cheng Pu laughed, and immediately came and said, "Ziyi, it's a good time!" ”
Tai Shi Ci also rode his horse to meet him.
The two met, looked at each other and laughed.
Xu Shuce immediately came and said, "How many people are there in the coalition army?" ”
Cheng Pu said: "I have taken prisoners there, and the coarse grinding is estimated to be seven or eight thousand. There were at least one or two thousand people killed in the battle. ”
Xu Shu said: "So many captives? I have a plan, maybe I can earn Liu Pan! As long as Liu Pan is killed, the destruction of Xiangyang City will be just around the corner. ”
Seeing this, Cheng Pu and Tai Shici hurriedly looked over.
Cheng Pu said excitedly: "What's the plan? ”
Xu Shu said: "Before, we rushed outside Xiangyang City and saw that Liu Pan's army was still stationed under the city and did not enter the city. And the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces have already come to attack our main army in Jiangdong. ”
"This shows that the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces are likely to have reached a reconciliation with Liu Pan, so the coalition forces dare to ignore Liu Pan's army behind them and attack our main army at night."
Cheng Pu and Tai Shi Ci nodded in unison.
Xu Shu continued: "And Liu Pan's army did not enter the city, and it was still camped outside the walled city without the slightest cover, which shows that Liu Pan's army has not reached an agreement with the city. ”
"If an agreement is reached, then the best way for Liu Pan's army to set up camp is to choose a remote place outside the main road outside Xiangyang City, and form a corner with the city."
"Once our Jiangdong army arrives, no matter where our Jiangdong army attacks first, they will have reinforcements to support."
Cheng Pu said: "That's the truth. ”
Xu Shu said: "My plan is to let our soldiers immediately change into the clothes of the captured coalition soldiers, and rush to meet with Liu Pan's army under the banner of the coalition army." ”
"Liu Pan's army would definitely not have thought that the coalition army would be wiped out."
"As soon as we met with Liu Pan's army, we immediately launched an attack."
"Liu Pan's army is unprepared, and it will definitely be panicked by our killing."
Looking at Cheng Pu, Xu Shu said: "Governor Zuo, you inform the military advisors and let them lead the army to extinguish the lights, take advantage of the moonlight to move forward secretly, and be about five miles behind us." ”
"When you hear the sound of fighting, you will speed up and rush up."
Cheng Pu nodded heavily and said, "Good strategy!" ”
Tai Shi Ci smiled: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's do it now! ”
The crowd immediately took action.
Cheng Pu immediately rushed back, found Chen Deng and Zhu Zhi, and told Xu Shu about his strategy.
Both Chen Deng and Hengjie felt that it was feasible.
As a result, the more than 10,000 troops led by Tai Shici all changed the clothes and flags of the Shangjiangxia and Jiangling coalition armies and took the lead.
Chen Deng asked the veteran Song Qian to lead 3,000 soldiers to clear the battlefield in the rear and manage the prisoners.
He personally led more than 47,000 other soldiers to extinguish the lights, and after Tai Shici's army left, it was estimated that it was five miles away before he followed.
On the city wall of Xiangyang City.
Cai Mao and a cadre of soldiers from Jingzhou are patrolling.
Overlooking Liu Pan's army outside the city, a hint of relief appeared on his tired face.
These days he was besieged by Liu Pan, and he didn't dare to sleep well.
When it was dark before, Huang Zu, the commander of the Jiangxia reinforcements outside the city, sent an envoy into the city, informing him that he had reached a reconciliation with Liu Pan and jointly fought against the upcoming Jiangdong army.
At present, the Jiangxia and Gangneung coalition forces have gone to attack the Jiangdong army at night.
That's a good thing.
Once united, Xiangyang City not only lifted the danger of being besieged, but also had this army to block Jiangdong.
If it is used well, it can also make the Wenpin, who guards Jingbei, also accept the fact that Liu Cong has now taken over the position of Jingzhou pastor.
Then, although Jingzhou temporarily lost Jiangxia and Jiangling counties, Jingzhou can be regarded as re-stabilized.
In the future, there is a chance to regain the lost territory.
Therefore, when he got the news of Huang Zu's envoy, he slept directly.
And now, he woke up and came to patrol.
Seeing the bright lights of Liu Pan's camp outside the city, Cai Mao smiled with relief.
This cronies cultivated by Liu Biao's slut are still very terrifying as enemies.
But as a friendly army, it is very reassuring.
Wait for the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces to come back, and tomorrow at dawn, open the city gate again, and let Liu Pan and a few people in.
At this moment, countless fires appeared in the south outside the city.
The firelight kept approaching.
Finally, Cai Mao and the others saw clearly what the fire was.
It's the combined forces of Gangxia and Gangneung!
A general pointed to the banner of the coalition army and said with a smile: "It seems that Huang Zu Taishou has succeeded in attacking the Jiangdong army at night." Look at their military discipline, neat and orderly. Moreover, a lot of blood stains can be seen on the flags and clothes. ”
Cai Mao said with a look of course: "Of course! Don't look at Huang Zu's age, but he is a battle-hardened veteran! Not to mention the current Jiangdong, even in the face of Sun Jian back then, he was not afraid at all, and even killed Sun Jian, forcing the elite army brought out by Sun Jian to fall apart, and finally cheapened Yuan Shu's dead ghost. ”
The generals nodded their heads.
Cai Mao turned back to them and said, "Go back to the General's Mansion and inform your subordinates to prepare a banquet, early tomorrow morning, I will celebrate Huang Zutai's defense of them!" ”
(End of chapter)